Mill Valley

A dead whale was on Bolinas Beach Wednesday, the latest in a number of carcasses that have washed ashore in recent weeks. The whale at the west end of Bolinas Beach is believed to be a female fin whale, but a necropsy has yet to be conducted. Th...

Mill Valley’s Beads of Marin, the last remaining bead store in the county, is closing next month after 24 years. Owner Batel Libes, who purchased the shop 16 years ago, is retiring. The boutique bead emporium at 8 Locust Ave. off Miller A...

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I arrive 20 minutes early for my appointment with Sammy Hagar, planning simply to wait in my car in the parking lot, going over my notes, until it’s time to venture inside. But that’s not how it works out at all. Before I even finish parking, there’s one of Hagar’s assistants trotting out to my car to tell me: “Sammy’s waiting for you.” And that’s how my day begins with the Red Rocker, a man who is seemingly...

By Jim Harrington
Bay Area News Group|1 week, 1 day ago

Water quality

The Marin Municipal Water District will have to find a new leader by the end of the year. Krishna Kumar, 60, who took over the water district in October 2012, replacing Paul Helliker, will step down in December. During his tenure, Kumar dealt with rate increases, drought and dam inspections. “I think we have been able to maintain excellent customer service 24/7,” said Kumar, who lives in San Rafael. “I was personally vested in that for the community and...

Music

Laurie Cohen has had quite a career. She dabbled in animation. She started a commune in Vermont. She tried to make it as a professional jazz guitarist. She ran a marriage and family therapy practice for 20 years. But, when she took a conducting class at San Francisco State University at age 50 and stood on the podium, she knew this was her true calling. After working with the San Francisco Community Music Center Orchestra for several years, the longtime Mill Valley resident...

Baseball

When they were seventh-graders at Mill Valley Middle School, David Fineman and Ryan Hemmeter discussed various options for community service endeavors. The buddies, who were looking to “make a difference,” leaned toward volunteering with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Their mission changed, however, after Fineman’s mother, Lori, was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2013. “It was really hard to see her go...

News

For the first time in recent memory, an all-Marin-area job fair is set for next month, with more than 70 employers lined up, and 20 more on a wait list. The free event, running 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 7 at San Rafael’s B Street Community Center, 618 B St., was originally planned as a “boot camp” for the area homeless population, said Andrew Hening, San Rafael’s director of homeless outreach and planning. But the interest from the business community was so...

Books and literature

In the 14 years Lone Morch took boudoir photos of hundreds of women in her Sausalito studio and in her native Denmark, Morch discovered an unsettling but common thread — many weren’t just comfortable with their body, they genuinely didn’t like their body. It didn’t make any sense to her. Her purpose at Lolo’s Boudoir wasn’t just about taking sensual photos, she says. It was about making women feel at home inside their own skin, offering...

Entertainment

Mothers of comedy Motherhood is a funny thing. These women know that well. In honor of Mother’s Day, five female comedians take the stage and share both the humor and the horror of parenthood. The comedy show, hosted by Larry “Bubbles” Brown, includes familiar faces like Kira Soltanovich, who was a correspondent on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” for more than eight years, and Liz Grant, who has shared the stage with comedy legends Robin...

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Theater

Memory is unreliable at the best of times. No sooner do we have an experience than we start to edit it mentally and different people’s versions of what happened start to diverge. The stories we tell about our past become self-perpetuating, refined in the retelling to take on a life on their own as a kind of personal mythology. Playwright Jordan Harrison plays off that phenomenon fascinatingly in “Marjorie Prime,” his play making its Bay Area premiere at Marin...

Zest

The cozy storefront restaurant space on Mill Valley’s Madrona Avenue, just up the road from the original and storied Sweetwater saloon on Throckmorton Avenue, has a history of its own. Predominately, it’s centered on the wood-burning brick-oven crafted by the late master builder Alan Scott that brings with it tales of culinary creations by chefs who have taken advantage of its superior radiant heating elements. Since early March, the chef behind the stove is Justin...